Freelance MAINTENANCE MANAGER Orpington
Managing/supervising train maintenace/repair, or working for a train operating company.
| Rating: | Unrated (New) |
| Hourly Rate: | |
| Available From: | Seller ID: | 279805 |
CV
Education / Academic Qualifications
1962-1964 Holy Family Roman Catholic School, Morden, Surrey
1964-1967 Bishop Thomas Grant Roman Catholic School, Streatham
5 'O' levels including English& Maths.
Personal Interests / Activities
Music, Reading, Foreign Travel, Gardening, Motoring, Football.
Special Skills
Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
Expertise in Rolling Stock maintenance and practices
Excellent knowledge of most major rolling stock depots
Good working knowledge of Windows based applications
Ability to prioritise tasks and motivate staff
Adaptable to diverse situations and change
Highly developed negotiating skills
Capable of working under pressure
Employment History
10 th April 2006 - Date | Tube Lines Ltd Depot & Logistics Manager - Permanent way Projects |
24 th August 1998 - 1 st Sept 2005 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD/METRONET SSL. Production Manager Fleet- District Line (as below) |
3rd Oct 1997-24 th Aug 1998 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Acting Production Manager (Upminster) - District Line |
Key member of the Fleet team in contributing to the line and company's overall performance. Managing Duty Managers and engineering staff to deliver safe, reliable train service. Providing management and advice to achieve high technical and safety standards within Fleet engineering. Managing material resources and finances to produce agreed delivery of targets. Managing workforce in performance, development and quality. Active member of the team set-up to achieve and continue the quality standard ISO9002. Investigation and development of improvement to rolling stock technical standards in association with the Fleet Engineering Team. Managing short term and medium to long-term manpower plan. Performing the key role of leadership and communication within the Fleet team and liaison with other engineering and line based functions. Positive management and administration of the Level 1 Negotiation process and Tier 1 Health and Safety group. Assisting in control of all financial budgeting, forecasting and expenditure monitoring for Fleet (approx. £8m). Managing contract staff such consultants, contractors and agency staff. Providing data for the daily, weekly and monthly management and business reports. Identifying significant variances and managing performance to improve. | |
Mar 1996 - Jan. 1998 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Fleet Strategy Co-Ordinator (Secondment) District Line |
Generation of the Fleet Strategy concept, building of workforce teams, facilitation of ideas sessions to put workplace improvement schemes into practice. Organisation of presentations to Senior Management and rollout of concept into large strategy based work processes resulting in higher performance and delivery of ISO9002. | |
May 1994 - Oct 1994 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. 'Clean Car Strategy' Project Manager (Secondment) District Line |
Investigation of vandalism, encroachment onto LUL property including depots, sidings and stations. Making recommendation in improvements to security, train cleaning and removal of graffiti from Rolling Stock and LUL property. To bring a higher public and judicial profile to criminal damage to LUL property caused by vandalism and trespass. Creation of 'Graffiti Hot-Line' for the reporting of any graffiti vandalism by District Line staff. Liaison with BT Police and design and implementation of poster and advertising campaigns. | |
Jan 1993 - Mar 1993 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Production Control Manager (Secondment) - District Line |
Implementation of LUL Company Plan. | |
Jul 1992 - Oct 1997 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Duty Depot Manager (Ealing) - District Line |
Experience/Duties | Organisation and allocation of the performance of Depot Delivery staff and assets against specified safety standards and associated legislation to ensure the highest possible standard of staff and customer safety is maintained. Allocation of work from weekly schedules to set targets for delivery teams. Organisation of the allocation of rolling stock to ensure the timetable service and maintenance requirements are met. Organisation and control of all train movements within the depot limits to ensure shunting is carried out safely and efficiently. |
Development and maintenance of high levels of staff performance and productivity through effective communications, encouragement, practical advice and hands-on assistance. Motivation of team proactiveness in achievement of team objectives. Contribution to the overall Fleet performance against Company, Business and team targets. Performance of possession/protection master duties. Planning and performance of workload for multi-skilled casualty lifting team including motor and wheel changes. Administration of all labour and asset booking to DMMS (internal asset and performance database) ensuring all staff time is efficiently utilised. Holder of Safety Critical Licences, knowledge of stores and processes. | |
Continuous monitoring of the performance of the team to ensure all trains are prepared for services and trouble cards are dealt with correctly. Organisation of the initial investigation of defective trains withdrawn from service. Maintenance of defect records and causes to facilitate monitoring of train born failures. Taking a pro-active lead in adapting workloads for delivery and maintenance teams to cater for changing demands and ensure goals are met. Administration of depot disciplinary, attendance, staff grievance, welfare and negotiating procedure. Taking an active role in individual team member's development and training to ensure that all staff have the necessary skills training and that relevant licences are held and revalidated as necessary. | |
Enforcement of company rules and safety procedures. Administration of the permit to work procedures ensuring internal and contractor's staff are provided with a safe working environment. | |
May 1989 - Jul 1992 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Depot Foreman (Ealing) - District Line |
Oct 1980 - May 1989 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Depot Foreman (Upminster) - District Line |
Aug 1979 - Oct 1980 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Yard Foreman (Ealing) - District Line |
Mar 1972 - Aug 1979 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Charge Hand Carriage Examiner - ATO (Northumberland Park) - Victoria Line |
Oct 1970 -Mar 1972 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Charge Hand Carriage Examiner - ATO (Hainault) - Central Line |
Sept 1969 - Oct 1970 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Leading Carriage Examiner - ATO (Northumberland Park) - Victoria Line |
May 1969 - Sept 1969 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Leading Carriage Examiner (Morden) - Northern Line |
Mar 1969 - May 1969 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Carriage Examiner (Morden) - Northern Line |
Jun 1967 - Mar 1969 | LONDON UNDERGROUND LTD. Youth Trainee Carriage Examiner (Network wide) |
Categories & Skills
Engineering & Technical
Categories
Skills
- Budgeting (Engineering - Experience)
- Health & Safety (Engineering - Experience)
- Logistics Manager (Construction - Building & Construction - Job Role)
- Project Manager (Engineering - Job Role)
- Project Manager (Construction - Building & Construction - Job Role)
- Project Manager (Scientific & Technical - Job Role)

